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City council is well equipped to make an unbiased decision on a proposed affordable housing development even though the city itself is providing the funding and had a hand in initiating the land deal, said Mayor Nolan Crouse.

A city grant program aimed at sprucing up downtown hasn’t taken off as well as city officials had hoped.

Three months after a woman was carjacked when she stopped to help at an accident, police have charged a 34-year-old man with a host of criminal offences.

City council is looking toward the future with a plan to sell land in northeast Edmonton to help pay for land inside St. Albert.

Want to volunteer and give back to the community, but don’t know how to get involved? The St. Albert Community Information & Volunteer Centre has many volunteer opportunities to choose from and can help find the right fit for you.

A photo titled “Community Fun,” in the Feb. 24 issue appeared with the wrong caption. The children playing broomball in the photo were not Coun. Len Bracko.

A resident of an existing affordable housing complex in St. Albert isn’t impressed by citizen resistance to 70 Arlington Dr.

A minor sensation happened at the Silver Skate Festival last weekend when a pop celebrity made a surprise appearance. Melissa Bowen Jensen showed up with her two bodyguards keeping her out of harm's way from the paparazzi and her crazed public.

A man with 24 theft convictions was narrowly spared jail time, but received the maximum possible fine after he provided proof to the court he was working. Grant Roland Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of theft on Feb.

For someone like Maggie, tax time would beget a financial hardship, not from how much she owes the government but just from paying someone to help her with her return. “I would be scrambling to pay,” she said.